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Total number of records: 31330
Count of Record type
Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 9784 |
| English Literature | 5414 |
| Janina and Zygmunt Bauman | 4718 |
| Herbert Read Collection | 1323 |
| Leeds Russian Archive | 679 |
| Cookery Collection | 406 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 373 |
| Ripon Cathedral | 361 |
| Quaker Collection | 343 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 320 |
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) | 309 |
| Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | 256 |
| Voltaire (1694-1778) | 213 |
| Church of England | 201 |
| Cafe Royal Books | 195 |
| Pope, Alexander (1688-1744) | 167 |
| Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832) | 165 |
| Decroix, Jacques Joseph Marie (1827) | 164 |
| Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas De Caritat Marquis De (1743-1794) | 163 |
| Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron De (1732-1799) | 162 |
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Editing
c. 1899
One loose manuscript and one bound manuscript in three volumes of Simon's Hehl's memoir, variously titled 'Memoirs of a German Student' and 'My Grandfather's Life', edited by his maternal granddaughte...
Penguin Edition
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1983-1986
Papers relating to the Penguin edition of Owen's poetry edited by Silkin. Includes drafts of the Introduction and commentaries on individual poems; and drafts and correspondence relating to the disput...
Macmillan Edition
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
1967-1968
These folders contains items relating to the Macmillan edition of Crossley-Holland's translation of 'Beowulf', published in 1968. Includes notes and comments by Peter Crossley-Holland and Mario Rinvol...
Penguin Edition
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
c.1979-1993
Items relating to the Penguin editions of Crossley-Holland's translation of the 'Exeter Book' riddles. Includes a copy of the 1979 Penguin Classics edition with rough ms revisions in preparation for t...
Macmillan Edition
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1986-1997
Papers relating to the second edition of 'Out of Battle,' published by Macmillan. Includes correspondence relating to permissions and copyright, drafts and notes for the revised Preface and Select Bib...